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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montrose, Nebraska
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Louis Berger Group (August 2005). Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey Sioux County (PDF). Nebraska State Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 137. ISBN 0-8032-5060-6. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
- ↑ "Sioux County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
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